TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE / "Djinn, No Chaser" Season 1, Episode 10 - 1985

In today's wild tale, a mental patient, Danny Squires, tells his psychiatrist the story of how his wife Connie had purchased an old lamp, she rubbed it, and brought an ill-tempered genie into their lives.

This one stars Charles (THIS IS SPINAL TAP) Levin, Colleen (WAYNE'S WORLD) Camp, Kareem (AIRPLANE!) Abdul-Jabbar and Nate (BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS) Esformes.

It starts with Danny telling his shrink all about a weird series of events that happened to him and his wife...

Love that Coke billboard, I remember when that was their slogan! Anyway, Danny and his wife Connie are out looking for some items for their new apartment. They are just standing there when an Arabian merchant tent appears out of nowhere.

Danny argues with owner Mohandus Mukhar over the price of an antique Arabian lamp. Dude wants $30 for it but Danny talks him down to $10... Great deal, right?

Well, Connie wants to rub the lamp, like in all the stories about genies, so, she rubs it and a whirlwind manifests itself as a roaring voice starts laughing. All he wants to do is tear the crap out of the place!

Danny has a few more things to tell the shrink...

After the genie causes a lightning storm in their apartment, he then causes a storm of frogs, spiders, insects and slime! On top of all that, the genie will not let them leave the place, they try but they are stopped by lions and elephants!

Then, the genie tells Danny that if he wants to leave, he can if he agrees to leave Connie. Danny agrees and checks himself into a psychiatric ward!

After a while, Danny checks himself out and goes back to the apartment. He cannot believe what he finds, the place looks great, like, wow! Connie tells him that everything is fine now, welcome home!

Danny doesn't get it until Jhinn comes into the room, he's a dapper genie to be sure! Look at the length of that jacket, what the Hell?

Djinn was to big to get out of the lamp, and, that was why he was so angry about everything!

There is a display in the living room, in it there's a simple can opener. That is what Connie used to get Djinn out of the lamp, and now, they can have all the wishes they want... There you go, check in Wednesday for another dose of the wild 'n' weird, here, at The Dungeon!

PETER GUNN - Episode 01 - "The Kill" (1958)

It is time for another "Saturday Night Smokin' Gun Special" down in Dungeon!

From 1958, it's the first episode of the "Peter Gunn" TV series!

 The theme from the TV series "Peter Gunn" was written by Henry Mancini, and because of it, he won an Emmy and two Grammies. The song has since been recorded by everyone from Duane Eddy to Jimi Hendrix, to The Cramps, to The Art Of Noise, but is Henry Mancini in The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Hell No! He might not have been a rocker, but he wrote one of the rockinest songs of all time, and after listening to about twenty cool covers, it still doesn't get any better than the original!

Go On! Give it another listen! 

This is a song you can never get tired of! It can be played by a surf band or a punk band or a full orchestra, it doesn't matter!
The Cramps - Peter Gunn Theme"

First things first! When a cop rolls up on you like this, it's always better if they are actually policemen!

Because these guys.....

.....Ain't real cops!

The first episode of "Peter Gunn" was titled "The Kill!"
 This 'live' version of "Peter Gunn" by Jeff Beck and company kills it too!

Craig (The Deadly Mantis) Stevens is, was, and will always be, Peter Gunn! Craig was in 114 episodes of "Peter Gunn" from 1958 to 1961!

 By just looking at these pictures, most people would probably believe you if you told them this was a German Krimi movie!

Replete with an iconic band in a club!

Hope (Rock-A-Bye-Baby) Emerson is Mother! She runs a clean joint!

Lola Albright was not only Edie Hart, Peter Gunn's main squeeze, she was also actually a singer in real life!

Put "Ville" on the back of almost any word, and it automatically makes it cooler!
"Dreamsville" also featured Hank Mancini and orchestra.

Lovely Lola spent most of her life acting on various TV shows, but one movie of note she was in was "The Monolith Monsters," and she was also in "Kid Galahad" with Elvis.

"Peter Gunn" is a very atmospheric show.

Of course their relationship is challenged!

Elite if you're a gangster!

When Mother won't pay the mobsters, the dirty bastards bomb her club!

Peter Gunn is through messing around with these thugs! 

Blowing up Mother's club was the last straw!

If you like hot chicks, cool jazz, and blazing guns, you'll love "Peter Gunn."

It's just that simple!

"Peter Gunn" was written by Blake Edwards.

 Yep, the same Blake Edwards responsible for "The Pink Panther!"

Blake Edwards also created such thrilling shows as "Dante," "Richard Diamond, Private Detective," and "Mr. Lucky!" It all came to a halt in 2010 when Blake passed away at the age of 88, but what an amazing legacy he left behind!

THE THREE STOOGES / A Plumbing We Will Go - 1940

Time for some laffs... Here's a hilarious episode where the boys try their hand at plumbing, and, you know things will turn out for the worse when the Stooges show up at the house of some wealthy party goers to fix a small water leak!

It all begins in court, the Stooges are accused of stealing chickens, but, the judge lets them go because of flimsy evidence even though Curly's jacket was filled with chicken feathers!

The boys are a little jumpy when it comes to cops, even a mannequin!

Having to escape from the cops again, they hide in a magician's magic box, which makes the crowd laff at their silly escapades. The magician's like, what the Hell?

Still running from the cops, the boys commandeer Casey The Plumber's truck and the cop ends up in a cement trough!

They stop when a butler flags them down, they're late! The boys are ready to get to work and earn some cash. The first thing Larry does is put a hole in the heater duct!

It's not too hard to figure out where this is headed!

Curly's upstairs in the bathroom. he has piped himself into a corner so the speak. So, he drills a hole in the floor, then falls into the basement, scaring Moe!

Moe tells Curly to get more pipes! So, he finds some electrical piping that then causes a whole new host of problems, like here in the kitchen!

This is 1940, so, it's amazing to have a television set. She turns it on, and...

Oh, what a wonder, isn't it great to watch Niagara Falls on the television!..

Anyway, it's time for the boys to move on after causing a ton of trouble.

The magician is performing outside the mansion, the Stooges run out of the magic box followed by the police and then motorcycle cops. A perfect Stooge ending. Tune in tomorrow when we return with something special, just for you!..